I have the benefit of not having played a BF game before so I had no expectations coming into the game. I was just excited to be playing a WW2 combat game and running maps of 64 players.

I initially it was nothing but frustration. I've never had to do so much work simply to run a game. I finally got all that sorted and have a good stable game now.

I like the punishing gameplay as it feels like I expect WW2 combat to be. Run around out of cover, try to Rambo your way through the enemy and you will wind up dead. Play as a team and you can win.

There's a major skills and balance divide though which can be frustrating, but working with a good team is hugely rewarding.

People say map X is rubbish, but I've found all of them challenging and rewarding when you work out a winning strategy. To quote a movie: improvise, adapt, overcome!

There's obviously a number of flaws with the game, major and otherwise but overall I'm really enjoying the game! I can definitely see myself playing this for a long time, particularly if they keep rolling out the improvements.

This game needed a good 6-12 months extra to bake to be ready. EA rushed DICE and the results sadly show. The damage to the franchise and reputation of DICE is casting a worrying shadow over any future Battlefield releases.

I certainly do know that moving forward you'd be a fool to ever pre-order a Battlefield game again, nor buy it week one or two knowing that poor sales will likely just lead to a 50% off discount.

- Lack of content
- Horrendous class balance
- Zero team/server balance
- Some maps are literally unplayable they're so bad (Narvik, Hamada, Fjell so yeah a third of the maps)
- Netcode is embarassing, bending bullets are real
- Ridiculous amount of bugs
- Some assignments are tedious, some are obnoxious (1897 I'm looking at you)
- Some weapons are utter and complete trash where they're basically pointless (1897 I'm looking at you)
- Vaulting is infuriating and still a complete mess
- Animations are painful
- The zerg is tedious
- Camping is some of the worst I've ever seen
- Grand ops is beyond trash
- The UI is horrific, laggy and not remotely user friendly